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NUTRITION
What is fasting? triglycerides in glycerol, which becomes glucose.
But be careful, everything is a question of dosage
It means to go without food in order to oblige the and time... In case of too-long fasting, the body will
body to live, during a determinate period, on body begin to draw from muscles to produce glucose.
reserves. It is possible to do a «hydric» or «total» This period can become dangerous for health and
fasting (we only drink water) or a partial fasting. In totally useless especially for an athlete who doesn’t
this case, the person who fasts has slightly reduced want to loose muscles!
its calorie intake (about 250 kcal daily) and only
drinks for example fruit or vegetable juices... How to fast ?
Why fasting ? There are different types of fasting and different
durations. The most widespread fasts are short,
People who fast are looking for some benefits. often hydric: the 24-hour fasting is the most
If philosophers of Ancient Greece thought that widespread fasting. It means to have diner and not
fasting improved the intellectual level, today, to eat until the next evening. The only intakes are
except some religions or therapeutic fasting, the hydric in order to keep the level of body hydration
reasons which lead to fasting are more pragmatic. indispensable for health.
It is not about going without food without getting If you have never fasted and that you don’t know
any effect. Fasting allows to mobilize fat reserves in how your body will react, you can first fast 8 hours...
the body. During fasting, the brain needs glucose. Then 16 hours...
It uses fat reserves of fatty tissues, transforms
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